Confirmed with Link: Reaves Traded to Wild for 5th round pick

[Kocur26]

What a pile of shit move this is… Are we so quick to forget the instant credibility he brought to the team? The balls he added? We are softer now than we were before Tom Wilson beat us up in our front yard. Horrible, horrible short, sightedness, and yet we keep that absolute Stiff Carpenter.?

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Wait a minute. A lot of people here don’t like this? Really?

We lucked out big time fellas.

Exactly this. Why would anybody be upset by this? They just saved 1.75 million and got a 5th rounder for a guy that has been a healthy scratch and can't skate. Good luck RR.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Great trade

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

They didn't have the roster spot, and getting something of value is a nice bonus. He was a great locker room guy, but he couldn't keep up with the speed of the game anymore.

His lack of response in the BOS and CBJ games where he didn't step up after Sillinger and Pastrnak hurt Chytil and Lindgren was telling too.

He was a great locker room guy, that's qbout it.


He certainly didn't live up to the reputation he has build up throughout his career. He rarely stood up for his teammates in terms of fights when it was a reasonable thing for him to do.

He was disappointing.

 

[SA16]

He was a great locker room guy, that's qbout it.


He certainly didn't live up to the reputation he has build up throughout his career. He rarely stood up for his teammates in terms of fights when it was a reasonable thing for him to do.

He was disappointing.

That’s because his reputation was never true. He hasn’t been close to the top of the league in fights in like 8 years or something

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

Who in the cult is this?

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

he'll be out of the league at the end of the year. I like him but we're better with him gone especially at his caphit.

"loved by John Tortorella" isn't a ringing endorsement lol

Torts has loved useless players his whole career.

Useless? Usemore

 

[Sparksrus3]

Reaves went from scapegoat to escapegoat.

If you ever had a conversation with him you would change that to Scopegoat

 

[Riche16]

Who in the cult is this?

He's not in The Cult... Ian Astbury is their lead singer (can't believe my brain remembered that lol)

 

[NYR Viper]

If we look at this as the Rangers renting Reaves for a year in exchange for a swap of a 4th and a 5th this deal is fantastic. Drury brought in someone to serve a role here for minimal cost and just pretty much got that same price met after just over a year on the team.

 

[bhamill]

Motte was always overpriced for what he brings. Our 4th line is really good and we just traded the one thing that holds it back. We don't need Motte.

THANK YOU. This obsession with Motte is bizarre. Nothing against him, but WTF?

 

[rangersfansince08]

THANK YOU. This obsession with Motte is bizarre. Nothing against him, but WTF?

He started off the season hot. He's cooled down since.

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

He's not in The Cult... Ian Astbury is their lead singer (can't believe my brain remembered that lol)

I was just joking around that he looked like a cult leader. I have no idea who he is haha.

 

[Riche16]

I was just joking around that he looked like a cult leader. I have no idea who he is haha.

Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam

 

[egelband]

Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam

That’s what I thought. Looks young there.

 

[GAGLine]

If we look at this as the Rangers renting Reaves for a year in exchange for a swap of a 4th and a 5th this deal is fantastic. Drury brought in someone to serve a role here for minimal cost and just pretty much got that same price met after just over a year on the team.

3rd for a 5th, but your point stands. Reaves served his purpose while he was here.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

What a pile of shit move this is… Are we so quick to forget the instant credibility he brought to the team? The balls he added? We are softer now than we were before Tom Wilson beat us up in our front yard. Horrible, horrible short, sightedness, and yet we keep that absolute Stiff Carpenter.?

He asked for a trade out of there....

It would have been nice if he could get more games and contribute more on the ice but he's not an everyday player and hasn't been for a while, and he cost 1.75M against the cap.

And they got a pick back, not sure how you can say this is a shit trade....

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam

Ah shit, didn't recognize him, f*** that's embarrassing.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

He was a great locker room guy, that's qbout it.


He certainly didn't live up to the reputation he has build up throughout his career. He rarely stood up for his teammates in terms of fights when it was a reasonable thing for him to do.

He was disappointing.

There's plenty of times where he tried or was willing, but the other player wasnt...it takes 2 to tango.

That’s because his reputation was never true. He hasn’t been close to the top of the league in fights in like 8 years or something

True, but why is that? I don't think it's that he wasn't willing to throw down if that's the implication. It's more about guys not wanting to fight him due to him being a bad tradeoff at this point in his career and him being a feared fighter. Again, takes 2 to tango...

And if he jumped players and got the 2 for instigating we'd only be bitchinga bout him more than praising him.

 

[Riche16]

That’s what I thought. Looks young there.

Its a screen grab from MTV Unplugged (1992) after he scribbled "Pro Choice" on his arm in sharpie

Appropriate today still (sadly)

Great performance if you've never caught it...

 

[NickyFotiu]

Motte was always overpriced for what he brings. Our 4th line is really good and we just traded the one thing that holds it back. We don't need Motte.

If we only had Motte last season we would have won the cup!!!

 

[AKL]

I had previously thought you guys were exaggerating when you said Reaves literally can't skate.

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

What a pile of shit move this is… Are we so quick to forget the instant credibility he brought to the team? The balls he added? We are softer now than we were before Tom Wilson beat us up in our front yard. Horrible, horrible short, sightedness, and yet we keep that absolute Stiff Carpenter.?

The only thing that sucks is that he seemed to be well liked and a funny guy. He was an god awful player for us. Skated worse than me, and I can't even skate. Dude would just throw some semi late hits to get his hit totals up, hits that rarely lead to anything at all, by the time he hit them the puck was already at the other end of the rink basically.

And he rarely fought. He didn't stand up for his teammates when they got hit badly/dirty.

Major disappointment.

 

[Baby Punisher]

Watch him get traded to the Devils, or Flyers at the TDL and we have to face one of them in the playoffs.